East Indian Ten Cash - HMS Admiral Gardner Shipwreck
- Description
East Indian Ten Cash Copper Coin Pendant Dated 1808 from the HMS Admiral Gardner shipwreck. Obverse: Two lions with shield in between. Date 1808 below. Reverse: Persian inscription of coin's value in the language of Mughal, India -"X (Roman numeral 10) Cash". Ruler: George the III; Mint: London; Country: England. Framed in 14Kt Yellow Gold. Certificate of Authenticity. Dimensions; 28mm diameter pendant
The 145-foot, 813-ton vessel Admiral Gardner was outbound from London with a valuable cargo of approximately 50 tons of specially minted copper coinage, destined for the East Indian Company’s Mint at Madras. As the Admiral Gardner left the safety of the River Thames and proceeded beyond the Straits of Dover, a very sudden storm developed in the English Channel on the dark night of January 25, 1809 and subsequently swept her on to the deadly “Goodwin Sands” sandbar. Some seamen were rescued as the ship bore the thunderous waves, but ten lives were lost as well as all the cargo.
The coins remained preserved packed in wax inside their wooden barrel tombs for nearly 175 years in the Channel’s mysterious, dark waters. In 1984 shifting currents revealed the dinosaur-like skeleton of the Admiral Gardner and salvaging efforts began. Violent currents limited recovery to two hours each day at low tide and only in good weather. In June 1985, divers recovered only a small portion of these small barrels full of copper “Cash” coins. Shortly thereafter the British government, under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, designated the site of the doomed Admiral Gardner and its treasure as protected and all diving permanently suspended.
SKU:
P2-040912
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